14 December 2013

The girl smoking and brooding in a Tokyo coffee shop represents a problem brought on by the abruptly changing society of Japan since the war. She is part of a phenomenon long familiar in countries of the Western world: a rebellious younger generation, a bitter and poignant minority breaking from her country's past. All through that past, a sense of connection with the old traditions and authority has kept Japanese children obedient and very close to the family. This sense still controls most of Japan's youth who besiege offices and factories for jobs and the universities for education and gives the whole country an electric vitality and urgency. But as members run away from the family and authority, this generation in rebellion grows.

At the entrance to the Hampton Springs Cemetery in Carthage, Arkansas, there is a tree. Now, there are lots of trees, in this cemetery and in many others - almost every other, probably. But this tree is special. This tree has a gap in the base of its trunk that has been bricked up. The bricks, according to local legend, are hiding a corpse inside of the trunk.

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Life (the internet) is too interesting to hog for myself, so if I find something funny or interesting, I'll put it up here. Additionally, I hope to update my friends with what's going on in life or what I'm listening to or whatever.You can expect to find hilarious and/or interesting YouTube videos I have found or been shown, birthday celebrations for famous persons, political discourse, funny pictures, interesting news, and, of course, the integral "how and where I stalk Famke Jenssen" post.